2026 Harlem Renaissance Vocabulary
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simile
a figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as
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metaphor
a figure of speech that describes one thing as another
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allusion
an indirect reference to something
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symbol
something that represents something else
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personification
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
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imagery
language that appeals to the senses
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tone
the author’s attitude toward a subject
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connotation
the emotional or cultural meaning of a word
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denotation
the literal or dictionary meaning of a word
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enjambment
the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line
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free verse
poetry without a regular rhythm or rhyme scheme
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internal rhyme
rhyme within a single line of poetry
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stanza
a group of lines forming a unit in a poem
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speaker
the voice that speaks in a poem
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sonnet
a 14
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mood
the feeling created in the reader
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apathetic
showing little or no interest or emotion
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ardent
showing strong feeling or passion
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colloquial
informal language used in everyday conversation
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laudatory
expressing praise
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assimilation
the process of adapting to a different culture
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couplet
two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
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quatrain
a stanza with four lines
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narrative
a text that tells a story
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prose
ordinary writing that is not poetry
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